dismissive
Syllables: dis·miss·iveUK/dɪsˈmɪsɪv//dəsˈmɪsɪv/
dismissive adjective: showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
Adjective
dismissive (comparative more dismissive, superlative most dismissive)
- Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
- I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”2020 July 6, Helen Lewis, “How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort”, in The Atlantic
- Synonyms:
- contemptuous, indifferent
dismissive meaning in Bengali and Malayalam
dismissive in Bengali
- অবজ্ঞা প্রদর্শনকারী, প্রত্যাখ্যান নির্দেশকারী, খারিজ করতে ব্যবহৃত
dismissive in Malayalam
- scornful, contemptuous, disdainful
- തള്ളിക്കളയുന്ന, അവജ്ഞയോടെ കാണുന്ന, നിന്ദാശീലമുള്ള, വെറുപ്പുള്ള, നിന്ദയുള്ള, പുശ്ചിക്കുന്ന
Examples of dismissive in a sentence
- Speaking in January, OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, appeared dismissive of NYT’s relevance to its products.
- The flick he gave over her robe-clad body was dismissive, adding further to her feelings of frumpery.
- For years after Yeltsin crashed onto the political scene, the Gorbachev-infatuated West was overwhelmingly dismissive.
Synonyms of dismissive
Forms of dismissive
| comparative | more dismissive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dismissive |
Origin of dismissive
From dismiss + -ive.
Words formed from dismissive
Words that rhyme with dismissive
Questions about dismissive
- What does dismissive mean?
- Dismissive means showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
- What is dismissive in Bengali?
- Dismissive in Bengali is অবজ্ঞা প্রদর্শনকারী, প্রত্যাখ্যান নির্দেশকারী, খারিজ করতে ব্যবহৃত. See Dismissive meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is dismissive?
- Dismissive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dismissive?
- Dismissive is pronounced /dɪsˈmɪsɪv/ (UK).
Words near dismissive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dismissive (page history and authors); dismissive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dismissive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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